is it worth buying just for the story campaign?

[GHOST]

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[Arokhantos]

If all you care about is story and campaign yes if not then abselutly not.

[Jimmi Stixx]

I would not pay more than I would for a movie then.

[Inuyaki]

Originally posted by in:

What it read from veterans:

all enjoy the campaign / story
BUT
there is issues with "end-game" / multiplayer ?

Endgame got a huge improvement with this season and already looks much much better.

[Daffy]

Originally posted by in:

What it read from veterans:

all enjoy the campaign / story
BUT
there is issues with "end-game" / multiplayer ?

Well the multiplayer part is really not there .. yes you can team up with friends BUT the game scales for each player ... so a level 100 can play with a level 5 and do the same thing they just * see * the same mob levels as they are themself... if that make sense.

for world bosses well there is other people around that do stuff but there is 0 teamwork needed and even worst ( or better depending on your way of play ) there is no real way to do teamwork.

Main issue for me with endgame is they way D4 do loot, i have a hard time to put word on it really but if you did play D2 and you find a Stone of Jordan, you would/will go ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ I JUST GOT SoJ !

that feeling you will never get in D4 you can find a * perfect stats stick * and put whatever legenday power you want on it as you found and extracted that power several times doing the play till that point.

the thrill of the loot is just not there .. and for me that matters.

[Don_Salvatore]

I do think the game is worth around 60 euro. The cinematics, maps, voice acting and campaign are all amazing.

Now... Because Blizzard is such a greedy company I would not recommend you buy it for more than 20 euro. The monetization in the game is disgusting and it has a big impact on the games flavor.

In Diablo 1-3 you could find cool looking loot and cosmetics. Like in real games.
Now you get the blandest cosmetics and are expected to buy anything that looks decent.

So not only do they want you to buy the game at full AAA price. They then expect you to pay for battle passes, mounts, armors etc.

This kind of monetization needs to die so stay away from Diablo.

[omgitsbees]

The story is really bad. My biggest complaint was that it really goes no where. The half way point was a lot of padded content, and the ending is a literal cliff hanger that we won't see fully for awhile. Its going to be spread out slowly with each season release.

The other issue I had with the campaign was how much it breaks up the flow of just playing. Talking to NPCs is extremely tedious because control of your character is removed in order to have a cinematic zoom in on your character and an NPC as they just stare at one another and talk. Its so boring to watch, and after a few hours I found myself skipping all of the cutscenes.

Like the best I could say about it was that there was a really great CGI cutscene pay off near the very end.

[Ska_Hansen]

The campagne is ok for an arpg but nothing special (and very easy, its more an tutorial). the game is level scalling based so you dont get stronger but you must level your charakter to bring the story forward. it is realy weard gamedesign.

for a min 50% discount its okish

endgame loop is realy bad, skill tree is very limited, loot is bad, itemisation is realy bad (inventar simulator) there is not rly much content after the campagne.

and the seasons are boring.

[Ron]

Originally posted by GHOST:

is it worth buying just for the story campaign?

Diablo 3 Story was extremely much better than the one of this 4th episode so, get it only if you're a great fan of Diablo games.

[Hunter Este]

Originally posted by GHOST:

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if it goes on a deep sale, yes. It's not at all worth $70 USD though. Who knows, after 6 months or so Blizzard might have corrected overhauled enough stuff that opinions could change.

[Kiwi91]

Yes, the story is good.

[Black Mirror]

Originally posted by GHOST:

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Story is nothing extraordinary, maybe at -50% sale, otherwise its a waste of money. Story in this type of games is never good. Some cinematics are nice but you can watch that on youtube for free. Beside story ends in a clifhanger, so they can add more in yearly expansions that they planned. So its really hard pass if you only want the story.

[Coekie]

na, story is meh. Starts of real cool for first hour after that the midgame is boring as f, at the end the story is interesting again mostly cause of the cutscenes but than it just stops and we need to wait for the expansion. wait for 50% sale

[max]

Originally posted by GHOST:

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Depends how much you like Diablo lore. Compared to previous installments, the story in this one is noticeably better. Not that it was a high bar (in my opinion it was very low).

If you're not familiar with the background at all, I guess it can be ok. Again, not that this genre provides games with good stories (it's usually an excuse for the endgame), so the bar is not high to begin with.

[Awake]

Games worth around £25 imo. It's not better than PoE or Last Epoch. If you have eirher or D2:R then you've already played a superior game.

End game gets stale way too quickly.

[oslja]

Diablo 3 is much better.